Everyone remembers Alyssa as Tony Danza's adorable daughter Samantha on the popular sitcom "Who's The Boss", but since then she's gone through many image changes in her films and tv appearances. 

After "Who's the Boss?", Alyssa had a brief stint as a pop star in the early 90's, releasing several dance/pop style albums in that were quite popular in Japan and Europe. In fact, in those countries many people think of her as a singer first, and an actress second!. 

Some of Alyssa's more notebale films include "Commando" with Arnold Schwarzeneggar, the thrillers "Poison Ivy-2-Lily", "Fear", "Embrace of the Vampire" and "Below Utopia", and the charming and wacky comedy "Hugo Pool". She also played Amy Fisher in one of the 3 made for tv movies based on her in "Casualties of Love, the Long Island Lolita Story". In 1995 Alyssa was in an episode of the tv sci-fi series "The Outer Limits" in which she played a young woman who comes into contact with an alien lifeform that turns her into a raging sex maniac. The episode was filmed in two versions, one for Cable tv with nudity and a tamer version for without the nudity. That episode with Alyssa reportedly had the highest ratings of any episode in the shows history. 

In 1997 Alyssa starred in the Disney film "Gold Rush" and made her return to a full time tv series by joining the cast of "Melrose Place", starring as Jennifer Mancini, the younger sister of Michael Mancini. She was with the show for 2 seasons before leaving in September 1998. Alyssa currently stars in the tv series "Charmed" along with ex "Beverly Hills, 90210" star Shannen Doherty and newcommer Holly Marie Combs, they play 3 sisters who are witches who use their powers for good, the show is produced by Aaron Spelling, who also produced "90210" and "Melrose Place".